Improvement in hollow metallic rim or felly



S. R. BRYANT.

Wheel Tre.

Patented June 28,' 1870.

s. n. BRYANT, or warnaronn, PENNSYLVANIA.

Leners Patent No. 104,824, am: Junges, 1870.

IMPROV'EMENT IN HOLLOW lillE'lAllllrIC!l RIM OR FELLY.

The Schedule referred to inthese Letters Patent and ranking -prt of the sama Tolal'tuchom, it 'may concern:

Be "'xt'known that I, S. R. BRYANT, of Waterford, in the county of Erie and State of Pen'usylyania, have invented anew and useful article of' manufacture; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference lbeing had to the -accompanying drawings and to thc letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is. a perspective -riew of the double and single flanged 11m, fiat or plain, and flanged tire, and

their attachments to the spokes.

Figure 2'is an end view of the double-flanged rim and plain tire, an'd its attachments to the spokes.

Figure 3 is an'end view of the single plain rim andv flanged tire, and the metallic socket tenon for the attachment of' the' spokes.

Figure 4 is an -end View of the flanged tire and plain single rim, showing the splice or mode of connecting the ends of the rim.

. easy to construct,.aud at lessexpense.

'lo enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation'.l

I construct a rim orfelly of steel or other unwrought metal, of' thin plates or bars,.by passing it through rollers or dies, which turns it up in the form of' a letter, U, or in any other form that may be required for strength or beauty, and also at the 'same operation giveit the necessary form or circle of the wheel that is required..

I also construct a tire of steel or iron, by passing through rollers or dies, which form a fiange or rim on each edge of the tire, which shut overthe edges of the plain rim, as-at- @which is to strengthen and prevent the rim from spreading, and also to retainthe tire in its proper place ou the wheel wit-hout the use of bolts or other means of attachment.

For heavy drays or wagons which are to be used on pavements or other roadsthat are liable to cut or wear iu furrows, -I construct the rim double, with or without'flaugefas at b, and flanged tire or plain or fiat, as at b.

These henry or double rims may be provided with t-wo sets of spokes in the same hub, as at ll d, for the purpose of giving greater strength, and at 'the s ame time can be made very light and durable, and easy to construct. A

These rims may be used in .eonneotin with wooden or metallic spokes. v

Ifwmetallic spokes are to be used, they can be atta'ch'erl` as at e, by means of a metallic socket or thim blc, which receives the end Vof' the spoke.

The tenen on the endfof' the spoke passes through `the socketv and rim, and receives the nut f, fig. 2,

which holdsl the rim rmly in place, 0r it may be secured to the wooden spokes, as at e, fig. 3, by means of the met-allie thimble e, to receive the end of'the spoke, but not having the tenou pass throught-he -rim,althongl1 it has a large-headed woodscrew, g,

iig. 3, passing through =the rim and socket into the end of the' spoke, which holds all firmly i'n place; or it may be fastenedas at (l, iig. 2, by cutting the end of the spoke to fit the rim, and lhaving the tenon 'of' the wood pass through 'the rim and receive the large nut h, tig. 2.

lhe ends of the rim are secured and held firmly in place bythe piateor stay t', which t-s within'the outer rim, and is held in place by the bolts k; or it may be of wood, as at l, fig. l, which is fitted in the rim and fills it flush with the tire, which makes the 4rim as strongat the joint as at any other part, and

not weaker, as in common rims.

For a very broad tread the tire may be fiat without the anges, but to beused with the fianged rim.

The flanged tire is tobe used' in 'connection with the plain rims, as at m, fig. 4, or with the flanged rims, as at a, iig. 1.

' .[t'- metallic spokes are used, Ias at' n, fig. 1,- they may be secured by tenons passing through the rims, and having nuts or screws, as at o, g. 1..

The advantages claimed for these rims are their strength and durability at less expense, their ease of construction, neatness, and not liable to get out ofrepair.

,lhe rims and tire being of' `uictal contract und expand together, which keeps the ltire and rim always' tight and in its proper place, which is not the case iu the wooden rim and metal tiro. lhcse rimsv may be used with any-kind of hub, either wood ormetal.

I do not claim, broadly, the use of' steel tire; but

1 do claim and wish to secure by Letters Patent- The rims and tire, in lcombination, and the mode of' attaehment,or their equivalents, as and for the purposes set forth.

'1L BRYANT. Witnesses J. '-W. Bowxss, M. H. Rasen. 

